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Telesphorus posted:Oregon and Washington are weird states. They fascinate me. As someone who actually grew up in Eastern Oregon (ama) yes they are incredibly redneck to the point where some communities actually have an accent I've yet to hear anywhere else. Of course your white comment is way off in some respects, some of my classes back East in elementary/middle school I was the only white kid (and one of a handful in others). Portland has been steadily improving on ethnic diversity though our cops are still bonkers racist. By and large the Eastern residents don't give a flying gently caress about the rest of the state (or indeed national politics in general) at all. It's more like the two halves of the state ignore each other knowing that one is unable to ever influence the other in any meaningful way.
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Beowulfs_Ghost posted:The compound they built was eventually bought by a Christian group and turned into a summer camp. My sister worked there for awhile and I got to stay the night and get a tour of the place during the off season. The reason there was on off season tour was actually to show the place off to the locals. The people out there are so paranoid that they are suspicious of even an overtly Christian summer camp. Fun Oregon fact, only the land and the major buildings were bought for the summer camp. The rest of the buildings and facilities were bought by a variety of different entities, primarily Western Oregon University, which turned them into classrooms that permanently reek of cheap inscense.
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Kaal posted:Having never even heard of the story before, I have to say that it's kind of noteworthy that the journalist is hooraying when state lawmakers came out in droves to oppose an Indian mystic starting up a commune in rural Oregon, but doesn't blink an eye at the Protestant youth camp that replaced it. I mean I understand the conceptual difference between someone camping versus someone living there, but that Young Life camp hosts thousands of kids year-round and has most of the same amenities (airport, fire station, public schools, etc.). Where were the land-use regulators and state attorneys concerned about church-state separation when they started operating? Of course I suppose a foreign cult is an easier target than an American Christian youth ministry. You should probably read up on what the Rajneeshis were up to before you make equivocations like this.
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glowing-fish posted:Does anyone have an opinion/insight into Washington-3 (Clark County and SW Washington) and Jaimie Herrera-Beutler? Just wait till you see who's running against Jaime and the Miracle Baby next cycle, it's gonna be a hell of a show
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